Bedspring fabric



June 5, 1923, v 1,457,430

c. H. GAIL BEDSPRING FABRIC Filed April 22. 1921 Patented June 5, 1923.

GAIL, eh

COMPANY, or CINCINNATI, onm, h c ar' mrion'or 'ofi'r'o; I 1 1 BEn'srnI'ire FAisnI'c.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known thatl, CHARLES H, GAIL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Gincinnati, in the county of Hamiltonand 5 State of Ohio, have invented I certainfnew and useful Improvements in Bedspring Fabrics, of which the following is a specifi cation.

My invention conceriis features oflnovelty 1 in resilientor yielding, substantially-flat, metallic fabrics, such as are used in beds,

couches, cushions, and the'like,'its primary" wpurpose and leading object being the pro-- duction of a structure of this kind which -will possess adeqiiate elastic or cushioning characteristics, which will have sufficient without becoming damaged or its several parts becoming entangled with one another or .detrimentally linked, the structure nevertheless' possessing a full degree of flexibility and pliability enabling it to be shipped or. I V

the one spring aroundthes-neck 17 of the next-spring, and the .hook 19 of the-latter" transported in small space.

'derstandthe mannerof attainfmentof these and other desirable purposes oraims, I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention in the accompanying "drawing,

forming a part of this -specification,;towhich reference should be had in connection with the followingdetailed description of the structure and throughout the several Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical crosssecti on on line 22 of Fig. 1; lifig; isan'enlarged vertical longitudinal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the spring elements of the fabric. 7

In this drawing a very small portion only of the construction is illustrated, butit is 'sufiicient to give an understanding of the whole. 1

The improved fabric comprises a number of spaced, parallel, transverse rows of helie would ordinarily-beemployed. I sp in are alike, except those at the sidemargin s o spring is similarly but 'revers'ely shaped to To enable those sk'lled in'this art to un 100p 15 between them ments 14 and-1'8. i I a H In this manner all. of thesprl'ngs of *the;

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gether end to end.

In the however; "only l of rncrniurr,'onranssrenoa mo'rrnnsno'rr murhc pemei calor coiled springs'directly connectedto 'such'cross rows-IO and 110i short coiled Springs 1 2 have been showmgbutin a full si ze'complete structure several of such-rows As is'clearly-depicted, all "of these:

of the fabric which may be slightly differ entbntwhich. need not here be illustrated sincethey may be of any appropriate-form which will readilybccur-to those skilled in this: industry. i v i 1 v p Each spring 12 at one end has the ter ifiminal portion of the wire ofwhi'chit is'composed bent lengthwise the. spring parallel to j its axis and at the top of the e'nd""con'volu 'fion to Provide a t, neck"1 3, and 5 m- 'wardly beyond; this the wire is deformed or? crooked at'14 tosupplyaportion or halfoff wire having: a'downturned'hook 16-. U

At its opposite end the wire oft-each form a neck 17', a'semi-ey e18, and'la hook-19, The ends. of consecutive springslare connected together by applying the heck '16 of around the neck 13 of the former, thereby gan eyesor loop 15, the extreme endiof-ithe securely attachingthe springs together end it w I to end and forming-sthe. 'completefeyeworn by its'associated ele several transverse rows are connected to.-

. gether providing between "eachpair of springs-proper 1-2 one of the, complete loopsor eyes 15-, those oftheseveraljcross rows' being in alinement lengthwise the fabric.;

The, longitudinal members of the fabric turned vhooks 21- at its oppositeiends.

,Q-These linksiextendflfrom-1.30m row: of

com-prise wire links QOdesirably used in 1 pairs,side by side, and each havingflownof links in line with the first pair hook over it the complementary part ltof the same eye or p i Y. o All th BI QS .Of the longitudinal rows of cushion fabric to yield'locally a body of unwire links they, are connectedin any usual or customary manner, as by means of approprlate helical springs, to the end cross-bars of the frame, not shown.

even shape, such as that of the human form, is supported in an eflicient and comfortable manner, as all-parts of the fabric are more or'less free to move or yield to conform themselves body; v

-Althongh coil springs are used they are so employed in the manner specified that the fabric has a comparatively smooth upper to the shape of the supported surface with no ends or projections likely to injure or'damage the superposed mattressor other cushion.

It should be noted that the bent sections of successive springs unitedly or conjointly" ,form complete eyes or loops between the springs in a plane substantially tangent to the top portions of such springs, whereby the bodies of the springs are positioned below.-

th top practically-plane surface ofthe bedspring fabric.

The invention is not limited and restricted to the precise and exact'details of structure invention as defined in'the presented by way of illustration and descriptlon, these being capable of considerable change ormodification without departure from the substance and essence of the appended claims,

- and without theloss of any of its practical benefits and advantages.

For example, instead of using pairs of links 20 side by side, single links of larger "wireor strips of metal ribbon or hands may -be employed if preferred.

' Themanner of attaching the ends of the Of course, the shapes of the eyes or loops "between the springs are more'or less immaterial and may be modified as occasion dictates. i

*springs together is subject to change if debed-bottom fabric comprising in comthereof.

bination, a plurality of spaced transverse rows of short coiled springs directly connected together end to end by terminal portions of the wires forming the springs, each such terminal portion at each end of each spring constituting a neck, a bent section forming a part of an eye beyond the neck, and an end hook beyond said bent section engaging the neck of the next spring, the bent sections of successive springs conjointly forming complete eyes between the springs,

' andfspaced lengthwise rows of links each having hook ends engaging the corresponding eyes of two successive rows of transverse springs.

2. A bed-bottom fabric comprising in com bination, a plurality of spaced transverse rows of short coiled springs directly connected together end to endby terminal portions of the wires forming the springs, each such terminal portion at each end of each spring constituting a neck, a bent section forming a part of an eye beyond the neck, and an end'hook beyond said bent section engaging the neck of the next spring, the bent sections of successive springs conjointly forming complete eyes between the springs in a plane substantially tangent to the coiled springs, whereby the bodies'of the springs lie below the top practically-plane surface 'of the fabric, and spaced lengthwise rows of links-each having hook ends engaging the corresponding eyes of two successive rows of transverse springs. i V

3.- A bed-bottomfabric comprising in combination, a plurality of'spaced transverse rows of short horizontalhelical springs directly connected together end to end with eyes between them each eye formed conjointly of terminal portions of the wires of which the ad acent springs are'composed and rows of elements disposed lengthwise the fabric engaging said eyes.

4. A bed-bottom fabric comprising in combination, a plurality of transverse rows of short coiled springsconnected together end to end, each end of each spring being shaped -to form an'eye conjointly'with the complementaryportion of the bent end of the adjacent spring, and lengthwise rowsof links 3 with hook ends, each link extending only from onetransverse row of'springs to the next and hooking in the corresponding eyes .oHARLEs H. GAIL, 

